Mastering Your Camera

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Mastering your camera: the ultimate photography guide

Essential guides to getting more from your photography

Photography for beginners: DSLR starter guide

Just bought your first camera? What Digital Camera runs through all the things you need to know before you start shooting.

Winter Photography Projects: 53 photography ideas for the winter months

Bored? In need of inspiration? Here are some suggestions for how to keep yourself occupied during the dark rainy nights of winter

Getting to grips with: Camera Set-Up

Your camera has a host of modes that can affect the final shot. Understanding what they do will mean you'll take even better images

Getting To Grips With Flash

From getting the best out of your camera's built-in flash, to creative off-camera flash techniques, we show you how to get the best results from flash

Get Sharper Pictures

Avoid soft images forever with our essential tips and technique guide

How to use interval timers

Time lapse photography is easy with an interval timer and you may already have one built into your camera

Holiday Photo Tips

leading travel photographer Lucie Debelkova’s top tips on how you can take your best ever holiday pictures this summer

Getting to grips with...ISO

Controlling the ISO sensitivity setting on your camera is one of the fundamentals of photography, and affects both exposure and image quality of your pictures.

Getting to grips with… Shutter speeds

How shutter speeds affect exposure and the way motion is recorded

Getting to grips with... Aperture

Aperture not only affects exposure, but provides lots of creative possibilities too. Here's how it works...

How To Get Great Shots On A Compact

With care you can produce stunning results on even simple compacts. John Freeman shares a few tips, while a selection of WDC readers show just what can be achieved using a compact